The survey found that Google, Apple and Samsung are the biggest players in the mobile ecosystem, and that both Amazon and Facebook are more important in the industry than Microsoft.

Respondents believe the biggest breakthrough mobile categories of 2014 will be the trend of connected devices, also known as the internet of things, followed by wearable technology, big data and analytics, and mobile cloud computing.

The survey also showed that analysts expect Google’s Android operating system to continue to dominate in terms of number of devices sold but that Apple’s iOS will continue to be the largest operating system in terms of revenue.

Microsoft’s Windows Phone and Surface tablets have a category of their own now (rather than just being included in “other”), but the devices are still well below the competition in terms of both market share and revenue. Survey respondents felt that would continue to be true for the next two years.

“While Windows made a bold entry with Surface, the lack of coherent strategy and execution has left the platform way behind in numbers,” Sharma wrote in his description of the survey’s findings.

The biggest merger and acquisition news in the mobile industry in 2013 was Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s device business, something Sharma’s survey correctly predicted last year. This year, the predictions are that Google will make a significant acquisition and that Japanese mobile company Softbank, which owns Sprint, will make a bid for T-Mobile. In fact, 40 percent of the survey respondents think Softbank will make a bid for T-Mobile, and that it will go through. Dish Network is also expected to go after T-Mobile this year as well.

Still the most talked-about rumor in the industry: a smartphone from Amazon. Sharma compares it to water on Mars: “It is much talked about but hasn’t been spotted yet.”

The survey lists Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as the “mobile person of the year” for 2014.